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Comment author: Clarity 19 February 2016 11:53:40AM 0 points [-]

We're a humble generation.

Comment author: seuoseo 21 February 2016 10:08:10PM 1 point [-]

It takes humbtion to post here these days (this is a joke, sorry).

Comment author: Clarity 22 February 2016 02:00:37AM 3 points [-]

I like that neologism, thanks for sharing it. I googled it to find this:

“Humbition is one part humility and one part ambition. We notice that by far the lion’s share of world-changing luminaries are humble people. They focus on the work, not themselves. They seek success–they are ambitious–but they are humbled when it arrives. They know that much of that success was luck, timing, and a thousand factors out of their personal control. They feel lucky, not all powerful… So be ambitious. Be a leader. But do not belittle others in your pursuit of your ambitions. Raise them up instead. The biggest leader is the one washing the feet of others.”

-Jane Harper, a 30-year veteran of IBM, and a group of her colleagues